Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an Egyptian national and former chaplain at a children&#8217;s hospital who was flagged on the FBI’s terror watchlist.
Egyptian national Imam Ayman Soliman was arrested by federal immigration enforcement agents Wednesday after the man, whose asylum was revoked under the Biden administration, met with ICE and FBI agents, one <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1943058161910583578">report</a> noted.
Soliman, who formerly worked as a chaplain at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and presided over services at a local mosque in the Ohio city, first came to the United States roughly a decade ago and was granted asylum status in 2018. That status, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says, was revoked under the Biden administration.
The DHS official <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1943061001123041322">also noted</a> that Soliman “was flagged on the FBI terror watchlist,” leading to his apprehension on Wednesday.
Court documents <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/07/09/cincinnati-chaplain-detained-by-ice/84521510007/?taid=686eb2e34ec9cd00011f2d44&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">indicate</a> that members of Soliman’s family, who were still in Egypt, had filed a request to migrate to the United States to join him.
Some supporters of Soliman <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/07/09/cincinnati-chaplain-detained-by-ice/84521510007/?taid=686eb2e34ec9cd00011f2d44&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">say</a> that he was fleeing violence and persecution in his home country and argue that he should not be sent back to Egypt. Even if his fears are found to be credible by the federal government, a recent Supreme Court ruling could enable his deportation to a willing third party country.
The Trump administration deported several illegal aliens, who could not be returned to their home countries, to South Sudan after the African nation agreed to receive deportees from the United States. The deportation operation was swiftly challenged in court, but the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-victory-in-scotus-ruling-enabling-more-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=17&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Secures+Victory+In+SCOTUS+Ruling+Enabling+More+Deportations">ruled in favor</a> of the Trump administration.
The ruling is expected to enable the deportation of thousands of illegal aliens whose home countries are unwilling to accept them, or who have credible fears of torture or persecution if they are returned to their nation of origin.

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ICE Busts Former Children’s Hospital Chaplain On FBI Terror Watchlist

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Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who has since left the Democrat Party due to how extreme it has become, said over the weekend that she was placed on a domestic terrorist watchlist the day after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party&#8217;s nominee.
Gabbard made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-investigates-tsas-pattern-of-retaliation-against-whistleblowers-who-expose-waste-and-abuse/">revealed</a> late last month that whistleblowers at the Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS) informed Congress that Gabbard had been improperly targeted.
During the segment, Gabbard, who was widely credited with destroying Harris&#8217; 2020 presidential campaign during one of the primary debates, joined the network to discuss how she is helping former President Donald Trump prepare for the debate against Harris.
Suggesting that Harris was a hypocrite, Gabbard said: &#8220;Most recently, I can point to my own experience of this of how the Harris/Biden administration have added me to a secret domestic terror watch list the very day after Kamala Harris was endorsed by Joe Biden and I was on TV and warning the American people about what I saw as the dangers of a Kamala Harris presidency, taking action that was clearly political retaliation.&#8221;
&#8220;They have done this to a lot of different people, which points to how dangerous it is to have people in power so willing to abuse that power to go after political opponents,&#8221; she added.
Host Dana Bash claimed that she had no idea what Gabbard was talking about, even though the issue has been reported on.
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Tulsi Gabbard informs CNN that Biden/Harris placed her on a domestic terror watchlist
“Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have taken actions both directly and indirectly to censor free speech.
I can point to my own experience.
The Biden/Harris administration added me to a secret… <a href="https://t.co/DwiP8Ih2M0">pic.twitter.com/DwiP8Ih2M0</a>
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) <a href="https://twitter.com/Holden_Culotta/status/1830353419292537243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2024</a></blockquote>

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ICE Busts Former Children’s Hospital Chaplain On FBI Terror Watchlist

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